Sunday, October 31, 2021
Popular Game Platform Roblox Has Been Down Since Friday
Experts say sourcing chips has turned almost into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, as wait times have ballooned to 22 weeks as of October (Wall Street Journal)
Experts say sourcing chips has turned almost into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, as wait times have ballooned to 22 weeks as of October — Nearly a year into the crisis, some customers are finding it is taking months more than expected to get needed parts
Saturday, October 30, 2021
Diwali 2021: Electronic crackers, smart LED lights and other gadgets to buy online
Call of Duty: Vanguard to Forza Horizon 5: Games to Play in November
BackBox, which provides companies with network automation, security, and management software, raises $32M Series A led by Elsewhere Partners (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
BackBox, which provides companies with network automation, security, and management software, raises $32M Series A led by Elsewhere Partners — BackBox, a network automation, security, and management service provider, today announced that it raised $32 million in a series A round led by venture firm Elsewhere Partners.
How to Record Calls Using Truecaller on Android Phones
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market — - In 2018, an Oculus executive named Jason Rubin wrote a 50-page document headlined “The Metaverse” that he sent to a Facebook board member and some top execs.
Profile of barbershop booking app Squire, which is on track to triple its revenue to $12M in 2021 after raising $60M at a $750M valuation in July (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
Profile of barbershop booking app Squire, which is on track to triple its revenue to $12M in 2021 after raising $60M at a $750M valuation in July — Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant left their desks behind to create booking software for the nation's 109,000 barbershops.
A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain (Bloomberg)
A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain — The pandemic caused schools to embrace laptops, tablets, Zoom, and an app called GoGuardian that tracks everything students (and, sometimes, parents) do online.
China proposes guidelines on internet platform responsibilities
Roblox has been down since about 7PM ET Oct. 28, with some speculating that the outage may be related to a Chipotle promotion, but the company denies a link (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Roblox has been down since about 7PM ET Oct. 28, with some speculating that the outage may be related to a Chipotle promotion, but the company denies a link — Roblox is having some server issues — Roblox has been down for more than a day, with the game and its related website offline for millions of players.
Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more (Delia Cai/Vanity Fair)
Q&A with EIC Nilay Patel on The Verge's 10th anniversary, tech media's advance from early breathless gadget reviews, subject-source relationships, and more — After a decade covering the Zucks, Googles, and Ubers of the scene, the Verge editor in chief reflects on tech's troublesome relationship with the rest of the world.
Tencent's $1.3 Billion Sumo Deal Under US Security Probe
Squid Game Mania Pushes Cryptocurrency 300 Percent in 24 Hours
Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force that creates boom towns (New York Times)
New York Times : Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force...
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Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : Since October, the NYPD has deployed a quadruped robot called Spot to a handful of crime scenes and hostage...
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